Methodologies for the evaluation of grinding media consumption rates at full plant scale

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1269-1279

  Sepúlveda, Jaime E ^a  

^a Moly Cop Grinding Systems   (Chile)

Author keywords

Comminution; Grinding mills

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; GRINDING MILLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALOGY; STEEL;

DROP BALL TESTING (DBT); GRINDING MEDIA; LINEAR WEAR MODEL; OPERATING CONDITIONS;

GRINDING (MACHINING);

EID: 7544233721     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.08.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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